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No. 828,188. GATE' Patented 001. 18, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. CARPENTER, OF HYNDMAN, PENNSYLVANIA; CLARA J. CARPEN- TERADMINISTRATRIX OF SAID JAMES H. CARPENTER, DECEASED.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,186, dated October13, 1885.

Application filed November 17, 1884.

To (LZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMEs H. CARPENTER, of Hyndman, in the county ofBedford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and ImprovedGate, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide cheap, easy-working, anddurable gates.

The invention consists in the construction 1o and arrangement of parts,as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate I5corresponding parts in all the figures.

lFit-,Pure l is a side elevation of a single gate constructed inaccordance with my invention, and showing in dotted lines thevariousopen positions ofthe gate. Fig. 2 is a perspective 2o view of oneof the balance arms or levers of the gate, and Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of a double gate constructed in accordance with myinvention.

The letter A indicates a gate which is made of opposite pairs ofuprights, a a, and diagonal braces b, Xed to the horizontal rails c,which is a common construction for gates of this character. y

B is a strong pin, which passes through the 3o gate at or near its backlower corner, and

through or into posts C D set into the ground, so that the gate may openby swinging upward and backward bodily and edgewise on the pin B as acenter of motion.

About at the center of the gate, both ways,

I attach the front ends of an opposite pair of braces, E, which extendbackward and'connect loosely-by eyes, for instancewith the pivotpin B atopposite sides of the gate, and at 4o such distance therefrom as shallre-enforce the hinge-joint of the gate on the pivot-pin B, and prevent asidewise swinging movement ofthe gate as it opens and closes, and whileopen.

At the outer end of the gate, stakes or short posts F may be set in theground, so as to stand at opposite sides of the closed gate, and blocksG may be attached to the gate-post H of the single gate, so as tooverlap the closed gate on both sides and stay it against side Serial No148,119, (No model.)

pressure, and for the double gate the blocks 5o G will be attached tothe sides of one gate to overlap the sides of the adjacent gate, asshown in Fig. 3.

On the gate-pivot B are set a series of balance arms or levers, whichhave notches d in their lower ends, into which the pivot enters. One ormore of these balance-arms may be used, depending on the` number ofpositions at which it is desired to hold the gate open.

I prefer to use two balance-arms, I J, as shown, to provide for threeopen positions of the gate, as presently explained.

I hold the outer ends or heads of the balancearms to each other and tothe gate by slipping connections, which will hold the upper outer endsof the arms at a certain distance from each other and the gate and allowthe arm I to fold down on the pivotB between the sides jj of the arm Jand below its weight or weightboX J, held by or between the outer endsof 7o the sides j j, and also allow the back end of the gate to folddown between the sides i' t' of the balance-arm I and inside of itsweight'box I, so that when the gate is fully open the balance-arms I Jand the back end of the gate will lie in the same plane.

The connections of the balancearnis to each other and the gate may bemade in various ways-as, for instance, by a metal bar or strap,

K, connected rigidly to the head of arm J, and 8o having a projectingarm, lr, with a hook end,

k', which arm k passesloosely through an eye,

Z, of a bar or strap, L, fixed to the arm I, which bar L has an extendedarm, Z', passing through a keeper or guide, M, fixed to the back end ofS 5 'the gate, and said arm Z may be bent or looped,

as at 1"", quite around the uprights a a at the back end of the gate,all as shown in the drawings.

The arms IJ are weighted, so that when the 9o gate is closed, as in fulllines in Figs. l and 2, very little power will be required to swing the'gate upward on thepivot-pin B, so that a child or weak person mayeasily open the gate by lifting directly on it, and as the gate swingsupward the balance arm J will strike the ground when the gate hasreached its first open position, as at A', Fig. l, and on releasing thegate it will be held by the balance-arms in this open position, allowingthe passage of one person and small animals or fowls through thegateway, and should it be desired to open the gate farther it will beraised until the balancearm I will fold down to the ground inside of thearm J, the eyeZ of bar L then slipping down the arm k of bar K, in whichposition of the arms I J the gate will be balanced by the arms in itssecond open position, as indicated by the dotted lines at A2, Fig. 1, toa1- low larger animals or a man on horseback to pass the gateway, and toopen the gate fully, so that vehicles may pass, the gate will be raiseduntil its back end will fold down tothe ground within the balance-arm I,the arm Z of i the tie-bar L then sli ppingthrough the keeper M, so thatthe gate then stands in its third open position, as indicated by thedotted lines at A3, Fig. l.

As the gate is closing it first will swing over on the pivot B, untilits back end rises to the loop Z2 of bar L, then the balance-arm I willbe lifted and the eye Z will slip on the arm la to its hook end k', andnally the balancearm J will be raised, as will readily be understood.

It is evident that in opening or closing the gate, it may be balancedopen by the arms I J in either of the two intermediate positionsindicated at A A2.

The weights at the ends of the balancingarms I J may consist of a singlepiece of metal, stone, or other substance; or the arms may have boxes atthe ends, as shown, in which removable weights may be placed. Thebalancingarms may also be pivoted to the lower back corner of the gate,and may be fitted to the pivot B otherwise than bythe open slots d; butthe latter connection is preferred, as it allows the balancing-arms tobe removed at any time without disturbing the pivotal connection ot' thegate tothe groundposts.

Either the single or double gates maybe swung open or shut bypull-cords.

With the single gate, a cord, N, attached to the free end of the gate atn, passes over a pulley, o, journaled on a post, O, and thence over apulley, p, on the post l?, whence the cord hangs, and the cord carriesat its end a weight, Q, to keep it taut and from running through thepulleys to the ground. A pullcord, R, having a ring or hand-grasp, r, isattached to the cord N, which cord R may be drawn upon by a person on ahorse or in a vehicle,without dismounting or alighting, to open andclose the gate.

With the double gate shown in Fig. 3, tall posts will be set at the backends of the gates, or the posts D, through which the gate-pivots B pass,may be made long, as shown, and be connected by a cross-bar, S,extending over the roadway', to which the pulleys s s are attached, andat the roadside at suitable distances at both sides of the gate are setthe posts T, having pulleys t.

rIwo pull-cords, U, are attached to the outer end of each gate, and onepair of cords connecting both gates passes each way over the pulleys ss, and connects at v with a cord, V, which passes over a pulley, t, of apost, T, and has a weight, W, at the end to keep the ropes taut and offthe ground, and a pullcord, X, having a ring, x, is connected to eachcord V, so that by drawing on either cord X both gates will be opened orclosed at once, the point of junction at v allowing the cords U U to runout su'iiciently to let the gates swing fully open. Y

I have shown the balancing-arms I J in dotted lines in Fig. 1 only inthe positions they occupy in the first open position of the gate, as atA', to avoid confusion of dotted lines.

In operating the gates the momentum of the balancing-arms I J is of use,more especially when the gates are swung open by the pullcords, whichare pulled sharply and then released when the gate is to be fullyopened, as will readily be understood.

rIhe advantages of my improved gate vare its simplicity, cheapness, easeof working, and durability, and its adaptability to work on hillsides orin other situations where the ordinary horizontally-swinging gate cannotbe used, and the gate may be opened or closed in light or heavy snows,and cannot be blown open or shut by violent winds.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with a gate pivoted at one lower corner and havingan eye, M, above the said lower corner, of the pivoted weighted arm Iand the rod Z', secured to the arm I and provided with a hook, Z2, saidrod passing through the eye M, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a gate pivoted at one lower corner, of a seriesof pivoted weighted arms, I J, connected with each other by a slidingand stop connection, the arm I, neXt to the gate, being also connectedwith said gate by a sliding and stop connection, whereby the gate may beswung to and held at different angles, substantially as set forth.

3. 'Ihe combination, with the gate A, pivoted at B, `of the pivotedbalancing-arms I J, connected at their outer ends by a bar, K, having anarm, 7c, provided with a stop hook or head, 7c', said arm I beingconnected to the gate by a bar, L, having an eye, Z, inclosing the arm7c, and an arm, Z', passing through a keeper onV the gate, and having astop shoulder or end, Z2, substantially as hereinY set forth.

JAMES H. CARPENTER.

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